I guess it’s less of an issue in text, but LGBTQIA2S+ is way too much to say in conversation, and attempting to use terms that can’t really be spoken feels weird. Just being able to say queer community instead of listing five letters every time the LGBTQ community came up in conversation was a relief, so to see it potentially expanding in the other direction almost feels stressful.
I mean, wasn’t the purpose of LGBTQ for the Q to encompass everyone that’s not heteronormative and not lesbian, gay, bisexual, or trans? Not trying to rag on attempts at representation, but attempting to enumerate every member of a diverse group, as the acronym for the group itself feels doomed to be unwieldy. Being honest, it reads like a product ID at first glance.